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W. F. & S. H. WATERS BUTTER WORKER.

Patented Sept. 21, 1886.

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' UN TED STATES PATENT OFFIC \VOBDSVORTH F. VATERS, OF JOHNSON, AND SAMUEL H. \VATER-S, OF

LYNDON, VERMONT.

BUTTER-WORKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,326, dated September 21, 1886.

Application filed February 13, i885. Serial No. 155,799. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that we, WoRDswoRTH RWA- TERS and SAMUEL H. WATERS, citizens of the United States, residing,respectively, at J ohnson, in the county of Lamoille and State of Vermont, and at Lyndon, in the county of Caledonia and said State of Vermont, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Butter-WVorkers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Our invention is designed as an improvement upon that set forth in United States Letters Patent issued to WV. F. Waters, dated July 8, 1884, and numbered 301,5 i0. Its object is to provide a more firm and reliable traversing support for the butter-tray. This object we attain by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of our improved butter-worker with the tray removed. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section, the stamping device being substituted for the roller. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the crankstandard, the dotted lines showing the manner of opening the same for the insertion or removal of the roller-shaft. Fig. 4 is a similar view' of the opposite standard, showing the device employed to confine the roller-shaft in gear. Fig. 5 is a sectionalview of the rackslide, side guides, and pinions. Fig. 6 is a cross-section of the butter-roller.

A represents the'frame or body of the machine, which is sustained by the legs B B and C O, the former being sufficiently longer than the latter to slightly elevate one extremity of the tray D, so that the buttermilk will read ily flowto the outlet at the lower end, and thence into the trough or spout T, which is constructed to slide horizontally, as far as de.- sired, on the frame A beneath.

E and F are cross-pieces attached to the extremities of the slide G, and are designed to closely fit between the ends of the side pieces of the tray D. The distance between these cross-pieces is that of the length of the bottom of the tray,so that when the tray is placed on the slide G it is held firmly, and can only be moved horizontally or lengthwise with the slide. I

H H are guides on either side of the slide G, which rest upon and are attached to the end pieces, 71 lb, of the frame A. The inner edges of the guides H H are suitablygrooved, beveled, or recessed, as shownin Fig. 5, for thepurpose of keeping the slide in place as it traverses back and forth upon the frame A.

Attached to the under side ofthe slide G is a toothed segment or rack, which is designed, by inter-meshing with the gear-pinion J on the shaft it, directly below, to be moved back and forth, according to the rotation of the gearwheel L on the extremity of the shaft is. The speed of this movement depends upon the respective diameters of the gear-wheel L and the crank-pinion I, by which the former is re volved. M and N are vertical standards attached, respectively, to opposite sides and near the center of the frame A. The upper ends of these standards project above the frame A, for

the purpose of forming bearings m m for the ends of the shaft m of the corrugated or fluted roller R. Their lower ends project below the frame, to form bearings a a for the shaft k of the gear-pinion J, which is journaled parallel with the shaft x, and is rotated by the gearwheel L, intermeshing with the smaller gearwheel]? 011 the corresponding extremity of the shaft x, and is revolved by the crank Q. The roller It is constructed of a solid piece of hard wood, having semicircular grooves 0 cut parallel with each other in its exterior surface, of sufficient depth and width to form, preferably, six ribs, 1), which extend the entire length of the roller. By thus making the ribs 1) an integral part of the roller, instead of attaching them separately to its surface, it is always easy and possible to keep the roller perfectly clean, as there can be no cracks or spaces along the underside of the ribs, caused by shrinkage of the parts, or otherwise, to catch and retain decomposing or impure deposits,which so often rapidlyinj ure the butter. The roller R is as much shorter than the width of the tray-D as will allow the shaft 00 to be drawn lengthwise sufficiently far to disconnect the gear-wheels l? and L. Itis held in place in the tray by depressing the lever g,

pivoted to the outside of the standard N at i,

(see Fig.4,) into a groove, which encircles the projecting end of the shaft a.

To insert or remove the roller B into or from too its bearings m m,the upper part of the standard M is subdivided vertically through the bearing of the shaft .1, and then by extending the cut horizontally to the edge of the stand ard, as shown in Fig. 3, the corner-piece c, is separated from the standard and hinged at its lower outside corner, j', to the standard, so that it shall open outward, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 3. The upper edge of the piece 6 is grooved or recessed to receive the angular latch a, which is pivoted to it near its outside edge. A corresponding groove or recess is made in the upper edge of the other portion of the standard,so that when the piece 6 is closed against the standard the latch can be pressed into the continuous groove or recess in the top of the standard, and the parts rigidly bound together by the projecting end I) of the latch extending down the outside edge of the standard. By reversing this process the piece Z is readily thrown open, and the shafta can then be insertedinto or removed from the bearing an. The bearings m m are so arranged that when the roller R is in place the tray D will move freely under it, but in close contact therewith. After the butter has been placed in the traversing tray D and suffieiently worked by the rotation of the corrugittlllgTOllOllt, and the buttermilk and rinsing drawn off through the outlet and sliding trough T, the roller is removed, and the lever S, having shafts which tit into the bearings m m, inserted in its place. Attached to the lower side of this lever, 21 short distance from its shaft, is a series of stamping or printing molds or boxes, \V, which may be made to extend the full width of the tray D, so that by depressing and then elevating the free end of the lever as often as, by a slight rotation of the gear-wheel L,the tray is moved and a new surface of butter presented or carried beneath the molds \V, a series of stamped or printed balls or packages of butter ready for the market are rapidly prepared without any necessity for rehandling the butter, thereby greatly enhancing its quality.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In a lmt.-ter\vorker, the combination of the sliding rack (l, placed between and held in position by the guides II, and having the end pieces, E l secured to it, so as to receive the tray between them, with the guides H, the shaft 1., pinion J, and a device for working the butter, and gears for connecting said device with shaft 7., substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof we do affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

\VORDSlVORTlI F. \VATEHS. SAMUEL 1f. \VATIGRS.

\Vitnesses:

EDWARD 1 lxnrnx'rnn, It. 1 BRADLEY, U. 1). "1 Leon 1:, If. W. il'ivs'rnla 

